Procrastination is an annoying habit that many people pick up, and it can be difficult to cure, especially if you keep putting off coming up with how to do it! It doesn't have to be that way, though, because procrastination can be cured like all other bad habits.

Humans are built upon habits. We form them all the time, from brushing our teeth every morning to flirting with the cutie at the news stand outside of work. We don't realize it, but the more we reinforce these...

I have read a small number of books on overcoming procrastination - some have been very useful, and others not so. My favourite book so far has beenProcrastination Why You Do It, What To Do About Itby Jane B.Burka and Lenora M. Yuen.

This book is split into 2 parts:Understanding ProcrastinationandOvercoming Procrastination.

The first part of this book was a revelation for me, especially when considering that I have never taken the time to sit...

Planning an event requires a lot of information, effort and time.  Some times things can get more overwhelming than you thought possible.  It is usually during the most chaotic moments that something happens that ends up costing a fortune in the end.  You can avoid costly mistakes by following a few simple steps.

1.    Never sign anything with out reading all of the print and even having an attorney review it first.  It is important that you...

Planning the perfect event does not come easily.  It also does not happen over night.  Planning the perfect event requires timing, organization and effort but it is possible for anyone to make that special event just right.

Tips for Planning the Perfect Event

1.    Start with a budget.  You need to have a reliable budget that you will follow so that you know what direction to head.
2.    Make a list of all the...

It seems that as human beings, we are always in a battle against time. Everywhere we go, there are clocks reminding us how much time we have remaining to finish our assignments, projects, and tasks.

There are hundreds of things we need to get done in our weekly lives, and much of the work, especially for home business entrepreneurs, is revolved around finishing the work on the time that we assign ourselves to finish by through due dates or time management.

However, because...

We all fall victim to multitasking. We want to do so many things at once. For example, we might want to get our most important task done during the day. But because this task is usually the most grueling and take the longest to do, if we have short attention span and no way to stay patient for hours in a moment, then we often "cheat" by thinking we can get multiple things done at the same time.

What happens is that are focus and our attention become separated into...

You have read time management and organizing books, you know what to do, you’ve even tried some of the solutions they offered and liked them, yet nothing seems to really work. What is going on? Why is it sometimes so hard to get and stay organized?

The clients who come to me for help are usually having trouble for one of two reasons:

1. Biology:

Yes, biology, or, more precisely, neuro-psychology, as in the way you brain is wired. While we are born equal, we also...

You may have heard of to-do lists before.  A to-do list is simply listing down the things you have to do and then crossing them off when you finish each item.  A nice benefit when using a to-do list is that it feels great crossing off each item when you finish them.

To-do lists by themselves are effective.  But here's a tip to use to-do lists even more effectively.

Include time estimates for each item on your to-do list.  Next to each item,...

You might do a lot of multitasking during your day.  But multitasking can hurt your productivity.  Whenever you switch to a new task and then switch back to the task you were working on, it takes time to figure out where you left off.

In an article titled “The Grand Seduction of Multitasking” on abcnews.go.com, it says “Microsoft studied its own employees and found it takes workers interrupted by e-mail or instant messages around 15 minutes to get...

The grocery stores are the busiest on the weekends.  If you currently buy your groceries on the weekends, you may be missing out on a lot of time savings.  On the weekends, you'll have to wait in longer checkout lines, take longer to find a parking spot, and push your shopping cart in more “traffic” in the store.

But if you buy your groceries on a weekday, it's easier to find a parking space.  You no longer have to cruise around the parking lot to...